1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4bad5700670a..40b0627aeb5e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3265,6 +3265,12 @@ sub process {
                              "sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 
+# check for sizeof without parenthesis
+                if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s+((?:\*\s*|)$Lval|$Type(?:\s+$Lval|))/) {
+                        WARN("SIZEOF_PARENTHESIS",
+                             "sizeof $1 should be sizeof($1)\n" . $herecurr);
+                }
+
 # check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
                 if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
                         WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",